The Hollywood Music in Media Awards, a relatively new awards body comprised of a mix of music industry figures from a variety of groups such as the Academy and the Society of Composers and Lyricists, has announced its annual list of nominees, with Damien Chazelle’s La La Land leading the pack, while the riveting score of Pablo Larraín’s Jackie gets a healthy boost into the awards race.

La La Land, a Los Angeles-based musical about two Hollywood dreamers who fall in love as their paths tangle with each other and the soaring highs & crushing lows that come with pursuing a career in entertainment, earns three HMMA nominations — one for Justin Hurwitz’ original score and two for original tunes from the film, including “Audition,” performed by Emma Stone and written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul, and “City of Stars,” performed by Ryan Gosling and also written by Hurwitz, Pasek, and Paul.

Mica Levi, who conducted the haunting, genre-defying score for Jackie, is also nominated in the Best Original Score category, boosting her awards profile ahead of a (likely) healthy performance in the awards race ahead. Larraín previously heaped lavish praise upon Levi’s work at the film’s various festival stops, including Toronto, Venice, and New York.

Of the 2016 HMMA nominees, Levi, The team behind Moana (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa’i) could shake up the Original Score race as well, though nominations for Original Song (“We Know the Way”) seems far more likely. It would also be unwise to count Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg (“The Great Beyond” from Sausage Party) out of the Original Song race, as Sonyseems to be throwing a hefty campaign behind the track, as evidenced by their recently-unveiled FYC page.

Founded in 2009, the HMMAs are a fresh voice in recognizing music-based merits across a wide range of the year’s feature films. Last year, Steve Jobs‘ Daniel Pemberton won the Best Original Score award, which he shared with Beasts of No Nation composer Dan Romer. Neither film ended up with a nomination in the corresponding Oscar category, though two of their fellow HMMA nominees — Carol‘s Carter Burwell and Bridge of Spies‘ Thomas Newman — did. Ennio Morricone, who ultimately won the Best Original Score Oscar, was not nominated by the HMMAs, likely due to The Hateful Eight‘s status as a late breaker at the tail end of December 2015.

The HMMAs will be held Nov. 17 at Hollywood’s Fonda Theater. Wnners are determined by a group of music-media industry leaders, comprised of selected members of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), the Television Academy, the AMPAS Music Branch, NARAS, performing rights organizations, film music journalists, music executives, and more.

SONG – FEATURE FILM
• “Audition” (La La Land) Written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, performed by Emma Stone
• “City of Stars” (La La Land) Written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, performed by Ryan Gosling
• “Dancing with Your Shadow” (PO) Written by Burt Bacharach, performed by Sheryl Crow
• “Down With Mary” (Too Late) Written & performed by John Hawkes
• “Rules Don’t Apply” (Rules Don’t Apply) Written by Eddie Adkins and Lorraine Feather, performed by Lily Collins
• “Runnin’” (Hidden Figures) Written and performed by Pharrell Williams

SONG – SCIFI/FANTASY FILM
• “Just Like Fire” (Alice Through the Looking Glass) Written by Pink, Max Martin, Shellback and Oscar Holter. Performed by Pink
• “Scars” (Allegiant) Written and performed by Tove Lo
• “Sledgehammer” (Star Trek Beyond) Written by Sia Furler, Robyn Fenty and Jesse Shatkin, performed by Rihanna
• “Sucker for Pain” (Suicide Squad) Written and performed by Lil Wayne, Wiz Kahlifa, Imagine Dragons, Ty Dolla Sign and Logic , featuring X Ambassadors
• “Wish That You Were Here” (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) Written and Performed by Florence and the Machine

SONG – DOCUMENTARY
• “A Minute to Breathe” (Before the Flood) Written and performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• “Flicker” (Audrie & Daisy) Written and performed by Tori Amos
• “Letter to the Free” (13th) Written and performed by Common
• “MARS” (MARS) Written & Performed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• “The Empty Chair” (Jim: The James Foley Story) Written by J. Ralph and Sting, performed by Sting
• “Words” (Tig) Written and performed by Sharon Van Etten

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Once, when he was three, Joey Nolfi fancied himself as an exotic type and boldly told someone that he was “from North America.” He’s taken that status as self-appointed ambassador of the North American people and built with it a budding career in entertainment journalism. In other words: he’s written about awards season, film, pop culture, and the arts for a variety of publications including Entertainment Weekly, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, AFROPUNK, East End Fashion Magazine, and Naima Mora Online. He also acts, makes films, moonlights as a DJ/general nightlife legend, and can’t wait for the day that his friends have children that he can to take to the zoo one time and then spend the rest of his life patting himself on the back for it.

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